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Program Results Reports describe RWJF’s interest in the area and strategy for addressing the problem for those working in the field or interested in undertaking similar efforts. They explain the problem addressed; the activities undertaken; the results or findings from the work; lessons for the field; any post-grant activities—by the grantee or RWJF—and they include a bibliography of material produced during the project or program.

The Cash & Counseling program created a cost-effective model of participant-directed services to improve the health of frail older adults and other people with disabilities and contributed to national policy change on participant-directed services.

Saint Peter's University Hospital and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital conducted a community health needs assessment and created a plan to address the needs it found in their combined service area in central New Jersey.

The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy studied the impact of state and federal Affordable Care Act requirements expanding the availability of dependent coverage for young adults on their parents' health plans.

Barnabas Health in northern New Jersey developed the Transitions in Care program to improve transitions for frail adults age 65 and older with dementia and at least one other condition from the hospital to their home or a long-term care facility.

Inspira Medical Center Woodbury in New Jersey created a Care Transitions Program for high-risk seniors discharged from the hospital to other facilities or their homes. It improved their outcomes and reduced hospital readmissions.

To reduce childhood obesity and improve health, a partnership with communities across New Jersey is changing policies and environments to make healthy food more accessible and give children and families more ways to be physically active.